Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak

Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak

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"The Thinking Man and The Sitting Woman"

"The Thinking Man and The Sitting Woman"

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Among my favourite archaeological findings are two fascinating terracotta figurines, discovered in 1956 near Cernavoda, in Romania. They have been named and categorised thereafter as “The Thinker” and “the Sitting Woman”. In popular culture, the couple are often referred to as “the Thinking Man” and “the Sitting Woman”. A polarising description that fra…

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